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Bas-relief :: Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo..

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel..

Stintance :: Stint (v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

Standard :: Standard (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power..

Imparity :: Imparity (n.) Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc..

Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion..

Fine :: Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine..

Alethoscope :: Alethoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations..

Minimize :: Minimize (v. t.) To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.

Protosulphide :: Protosulphide (n.) That one of a series of sulphides of any element which has the lowest proportion of sulphur; a sulphide with but one atom of sulphur in the molecule.

Extent :: Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.

Disproportioning :: Disproportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disproportio.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..

Bicarbonate :: Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate..

Part :: Part (n.) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient..

Proportionality :: Proportionality (n.) The state of being in proportion.

Subreader :: Subquintuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion..

Proportionate :: Proportionate (a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.

Attemperate :: Attemperate (a.) Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.

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